Cast
Giancarlo Esposito
Acting
Cast
Giancarlo Esposito
Known for
Acting
Born
1958-04-26
From
Copenhagen, Denmark
Also known as Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito, جانکارلو اسپوزیتو
Biography
Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito (born April 26, 1958) is an American actor. He is known for portraying Gus Fring in the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad from 2009 to 2011 and its prequel series Better Call Saul from 2017 to 2022. He won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series twice for this role. He earned three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. His other television roles include federal agent Mike Giardello in the NBC series Homicide: Life on the Street (1998–1999), Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror in the ABC fantasy series Once Upon a Time (2011–2017), Tom Neville in the NBC series Revolution (2012–2014), Dr. Edward Ruskins in the Netflix series Dear White People (2017–2021), Stan Edgar in the Amazon series The Boys (2019–present) and The Boys Presents: Diabolical (2022), and Moff Gideon in the Disney+ series The Mandalorian (2019–2023), the lattermost of which earned him two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He also portrayed Adam Clayton Powell Jr. in the MGM+ series Godfather of Harlem (2019–present), acted in the HBO drama series Westworld (2016), and starred in the Netflix television series Kaleidoscope (2023), The Gentlemen (2024), and The Residence (2025). He is also known for his collaboration with Spike Lee, acting in several of his films, such as School Daze (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989), Mo' Better Blues (1990), and Malcolm X (1992). His other major films include Taps (1981), King of New York (1990), Bob Roberts (1992), Fresh (1994), The Usual Suspects (1995), Ali (2001), Monkeybone (2001), Last Holiday (2006), Rabbit Hole (2010), Okja (2017), Megalopolis (2024), MaXXXine (2024), and Captain America: Brave New World (2025). He voiced Akela in the live-action remake of The Jungle Book (2016). Description above from the Wikipedia article Giancarlo Esposito, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
★6.0
MOVIE2025
Captain America: Brave New World
as Sidewinder
★8.2
MOVIE1995
The Usual Suspects
as Jack Baer
★7.2
MOVIE1983
Trading Places
as Cellmate #2
★6.9
MOVIE2016
The Jungle Book
as Akela (voice)
★7.2
MOVIE2023
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
as Baxter Stockman (voice)
★7.1
MOVIE2018
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
as Jorge
★6.7
MOVIE2015
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
as Jorge
★6.5
MOVIE2025
The Electric State
as Colonel Bradbury / The Marshall
★6.3
MOVIE2024
MaXXXine
as Teddy Knight, Esq.
★5.6
MOVIE2026
7 Dogs
★6.7
MOVIE2024
Abigail
as Lambert
★7.3
MOVIE2017
Okja
as Frank Dawson
★6.6
MOVIE1997
Nothing to Lose
as Charlie Dunt
★5.2
MOVIE2024
Megalopolis
as Mayor Cicero
MOVIE2026
The Cat in the Hat
as Mr. Hoogeboom (voice)
★7.3
MOVIE2014
Batman: Assault on Arkham
as Black Spider / Eric Needham (voice)
★7.3
MOVIE2006
Last Holiday
as Senator Dillings
★7.6
MOVIE1992
Malcolm X
as Thomas Hayer
★6.4
MOVIE2005
Derailed
as Detective Church
★5.1
MOVIE2012
Alex Cross
as Daramus Holiday
★6.8
MOVIE1990
King of New York
as Lance
★6.8
MOVIE2001
Ali
as Cassius Clay, Sr.
★7.8
MOVIE1989
Do the Right Thing
as Buggin Out
★6.2
MOVIE2025
Please Don't Feed the Children
as Fitz
★5.7
MOVIE2011
S.W.A.T.: Firefight
as Inspector Hollander
★6.4
MOVIE2016
Money Monster
as Captain Powell
★6.6
MOVIE2010
Rabbit Hole
as Auggie
★10.0
MOVIE2026
Kill Me
as Dr. Singer
★5.2
MOVIE2001
Monkeybone
as Hypnos
★6.5
MOVIE1984
The Cotton Club
as Bumpy Hood
★7.1
MOVIE2014
Son of Batman
as Ra's al Ghul (voice)
★7.4
MOVIE2020
Stargirl
as Archie Brubaker
★6.3
MOVIE1995
Waiting to Exhale
as David Matthews (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1991
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
as Jimmy Jiles
★6.7
MOVIE1981
Taps
as Cadet Captain J.C. Pierce
★6.4
MOVIE1991
Jungle Fever
as Homeless Man
★7.2
MOVIE1994
Fresh
as Esteban
★6.1
MOVIE1985
Desperately Seeking Susan
as Street Vendor
★6.5
MOVIE1990
Mo' Better Blues
as Left Hand Lacey (Piano)
★5.9
MOVIE2019
Line of Duty
as Tom Volk
★7.5
MOVIE1991
Night on Earth
as YoYo
MOVIE2026
By Any Means
as Vernon Dahmer
★6.0
MOVIE2020
Coda
as Paul
★5.0
MOVIE2004
Doing Hard Time
as Captain Pierce
★6.1
MOVIE2006
Sherrybaby
as Parole Officer Hernandez
★5.8
MOVIE2003
Blind Horizon
as J.C. Reynolds
MOVIE2026
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
as Detective Warren
★6.1
MOVIE1998
Twilight
as Reuben Escobar
★5.8
MOVIE1986
Maximum Overdrive
as Videoplayer
★5.5
MOVIE1998
Phoenix
as Louie
MOVIETBA
The Long Home
★2.7
MOVIE2013
They Die by Dawn
as Rufus Buck
★5.3
MOVIE2022
Bonnie
as Self
★5.5
MOVIE1993
Amos & Andrew
as The Reverend Fenton Brunch
★6.5
MOVIE2025
Megadoc
as Self
★4.7
MOVIE1998
Thirst
as Dr. Lawrence Carver
★3.3
MOVIE1997
Trouble on the Corner
as Darryl
MOVIETBA
...And Out Comes the Wolf
★6.3
MOVIE2017
Unacknowledged
as Narrator
★4.8
MOVIE2005
Carlito's Way: Rise to Power
as Little Jeff
★7.2
MOVIE1995
Smoke
as 1st OTB Man / Tommy
★5.9
MOVIE2014
Poker Night
as Bernard
★6.5
MOVIE1985
Finnegan Begin Again
as Intruder
★6.5
MOVIE1995
Blue in the Face
as Tommy Finelli
★5.7
MOVIE1988
School Daze
as Julian 'Dean Big Brother Almighty' Eaves
★7.0
MOVIE1986
Roanoak
as Simon Fernandes
★6.9
MOVIE2000
Homicide: The Movie
as Mike Giardello
MOVIE2022
Euphoria
as Taxi Driver
★5.2
MOVIE2005
Back in the Day
as Benson Cooper
★5.7
MOVIE2017
The Show
as Mason Washington
★6.5
MOVIE1992
Bob Roberts
as Bugs Raplin
★5.0
MOVIE2004
A Killer Within
as Vargas
★6.9
MOVIE2020
Unpregnant
as Bob
★5.5
MOVIE1998
Where's Marlowe?
as Blind Man (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1997
Five Desperate Hours
as Joseph Grange
★8.0
MOVIE1970
Et Salammbo?
★10.0
MOVIE2023
Disney 100: Remember That
as Self
★7.2
MOVIE2004
Noise
as Hank
MOVIE2007
Mano
as Nino
★6.3
MOVIE1984
Go Tell It on the Mountain
as Elisha
MOVIE2027
Karoshi
★5.6
MOVIE2008
Chelsea on the Rocks
as Tip
★5.1
MOVIE2016
Brother Nature
as Congressman Frank McClaren
★3.3
MOVIE2005
I Will Avenge You, Iago!
as Director
★6.9
MOVIE1989
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
as Self
★5.7
MOVIE1981
The Gentleman Bandit
as Jamie
MOVIE2026
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
MOVIE1994
Peace and Quiet
as Richard Jones
MOVIETBA
The Prince
★5.2
MOVIE1996
The Tomorrow Man
as Jonathan Driscoll
★5.1
MOVIE2005
Chupacabra Terror
as Dr. Peña
MOVIE2017
Miracle on 42nd Street
as Self
MOVIE2015
I Did Not Forget You
as Dr. Sabian
★7.0
MOVIE2004
NYPD 2069
as Lt. Garner
★4.7
MOVIE2007
Feel The Noise
as Roberto Vega
★6.7
MOVIE1979
Running
as Puerto Rican Teenager
★7.0
MOVIE2019
Stuck
as Lloyd
★7.0
MOVIE2013
Blood River Crossing
as Narrator
★6.5
MOVIE2009
PoliWood
as Self
★4.7
MOVIE2008
Gospel Hill
as Dr. Palmer
★4.2
MOVIE1998
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
as Chaz Villanueva
★6.1
MOVIE2001
Piñero
as Miguel Algarin
★6.2
MOVIE2013
Timms Valley
as Pruit Normings
★4.8
MOVIE2022
Beauty
as Beauty's Father
★3.3
MOVIE2007
Racing Daylight
as Fred
★10.0
MOVIE1987
Sweet Lorraine
as Howie
★5.7
MOVIE2005
Hate Crime
as Detective Esposito
★5.3
MOVIE2007
The Box
as Dwayne Burkhalter
★7.0
MOVIE1987
Heartbeat
as Gang Member #1
★6.0
MOVIE2006
Rain
as Ken Arnold
★6.7
MOVIE1984
The Brother from Another Planet
as Man Being Arrested (uncredited)
MOVIE2001
The Making of 'Ali'
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE2016
On Meditation
as Self
★6.6
MOVIE1995
Reckless
as Host Tim Timko
★4.6
MOVIE1997
Big City Blues
as Georgie
★3.8
MOVIE2013
Over/Under
as Oliver Ohrt
★6.2
MOVIE2003
Ash Tuesday
as Karl
★5.7
MOVIE2016
The Pills - Sempre meglio che lavorare
as Il Boss
★7.0
MOVIE2014
Requiem for the Big East
as Narrator
★9.0
MOVIE1993
Mood Indigo
as Arthur Sistrunk
★4.6
MOVIE1983
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
as Julio
★4.1
MOVIE1979
Tutti a squola
★9.0
MOVIE1994
Benders
as Jack
MOVIE2015
Enzian: When the Lights Go Up
as Self (archive footage)
★7.5
MOVIE1997
The Maze
as Henry Kunitz
★9.0
MOVIE1994
Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool
as Self
★1.5
MOVIE2014
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
as Self
★6.7
MOVIE1995
Kla$h
as Stoney
★10.0
MOVIE1993
Seven Songs for Malcolm X
as Autobiography Reading (voice)
★5.7
MOVIE1995
The Keeper
as Paul Lamont
MOVIE2011
Dreaming American
as Daytona LeMans
★8.2
MOVIE1986
Rockabye
as Marcus
MOVIE2020
For NYC
★6.0
MOVIE1998
Stardust
as Mr. Peavey
MOVIE2021
Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood
as Self
★8.6
MOVIE2018
The Nagano Tapes
as Narrator
★5.0
MOVIE1996
Mylène Farmer: California
as Rich Man/Pimp
★8.0
MOVIE2008
Xenophobia
as Young
★10.0
MOVIE2000
Josephine
as Spike
★10.0
MOVIE2013
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
as Self
MOVIE2011
Certainty
as Father Heery